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Set stream category

Choose an official Twitch/Kick category and optionally provide a separate YouTube category name or ID.

action.set_stream_category · 2.8.0

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Requirements and availability

Connected selected broadcaster accounts with category update permissions. Twitch/Kick provide searchable catalogs; YouTube accepts its manual category name or numeric ID. TikTok is unsupported.

Picker contexts: automation, timer, command, pad.

Behavior

Resolve the provider-backed category for selected Twitch/Kick targets. Resolve youtubeCategory separately for YouTube, falling back to category for saved legacy actions. Missing toggles select all three; cross-provider updates run independently and timers restrict toggles to their eligible platform.

Configure in the app

Open: Do → Advanced Actions (commands only) → Add action

Steps

  1. Choose action category Stream Platform Commands, select Set stream category, and click Add action.
  2. Expand the action card. Configure the Fields below; check Editor defaults for your context and any operation-dependent fields.
  3. Choose resource values from real app pickers. Set output Platform separately from the trigger Where setting when the action offers it.
  4. Use Move action up / Move action down to position this action, then save the containing command, automation, timer or SheevPad button.

Limitations

  • TikTok does not expose a supported stream-category update API.
  • Picker availability does not supply missing event variables. Check prerequisites and originating provider.
  • An action return value is not automatically a sequence variable. Only documented producers create template outputs.

Fields

FieldInput / optionsDefaults / limitsAvailability
Twitch
twitch
checkbox

Declared UI default: true

Editor defaults: {"automation":true,"timer":true,"command":true,"pad":true}

Literal value / selected resource
YouTube
youtube
checkbox

Declared UI default: true

Editor defaults: {"automation":true,"timer":true,"command":true,"pad":true}

Literal value / selected resource
Kick
kick
checkbox

Declared UI default: true

Editor defaults: {"automation":true,"timer":true,"command":true,"pad":true}

Literal value / selected resource
Twitch / Kick category
category
stream_category_select

Editor defaults: {"automation":"","timer":"","command":"","pad":""}

Supports variables
YouTube category name or ID
youtubeCategory
text

Editor defaults: {"automation":"","timer":"","command":"","pad":""}

Example hint: Gaming or 20

Supports variables

Shown when: {"youtube":true}

Contract details

Declared Contexts
[
  "timer",
  "automation"
]
Picker Contexts
[
  "automation",
  "timer",
  "command",
  "pad"
]
Hidden From Picker
false
Required Variables
[]
Failure Behavior
See the behavior for local skips/errors and context entries for sequence continuation.
Outputs
[]

Examples

Illustrative configuration; replace fixture resources in the editor. This is not an import file.

{
  "category": "Just Chatting",
  "youtubeCategory": "24",
  "twitch": true,
  "youtube": true,
  "kick": false
}

Related entries

Source and verification

Source-reviewed for 2.8.0. Connected-service validation remains subject to release UAT.

  • src/features/automations.js — ACTION_REGISTRY.set_stream_category
  • public/index.html — getBuilderActionEntries / createDefaultAction

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